Aviva Psychology Services
Infertility counseling in Massachusetts
We support those grappling with infertility as they navigate uncertainty, powerlessness, challenging choice points and grief with compassion, patience, and understanding.
Do you feel as though no one truly understands what you're experiencing?
The process of creating a family can be both heartening and devastating. Infertility isn’t just a medical experience, it’s deeply emotional. At times, family planning does not go as expected, resulting in a loss of control that can feel terrifying, lonely, confusing, or traumatic. It can take over your thoughts, your identity, and your relationships. You might feel isolated, even among close friends and family. Everyone else might seem to be moving forward with their lives while you’re stuck in an exhausting loop of appointments, uncertainty, and disappointment.
This experience affects so much more than your body:
- You feel emotionally drained and physically overwhelmed
- Every month brings another wave of hope and heartbreak
- You avoid social situations or people who ask too many questions
- Your relationship feels strained by pressure and silence
When struggling with infertility, therapy offers a space to process everything that comes with this journey. At Aviva, we support you through the pain, the decisions, and the waiting so you don’t have to carry it all alone.
What is infertility counseling?
Infertility counseling is specialized support for the emotional impact of reproductive struggles. It’s not just about treatment plans, it’s about making sense of the fear, shame, grief, and confusion that often go unspoken. Whether you're just starting this process, in the middle of treatment or exploring alternate paths, therapy gives you space to breathe, grieve and be met exactly where you are.
Infertility can affect your mental health, your sense of self, and your connection with others. You may feel angry one day, hopeless the next, then guilty for feeling anything at all. Therapy helps you explore those emotions without judgment and make choices that align with your values.
You might benefit from infertility counseling if:
- You’re feeling anxious, depressed, or emotionally disconnected
- You and your partner are struggling to stay connected
- You’re unsure how much more you can handle
- You’re navigating fertility treatments or pregnancy loss
- You want space to think about next steps with more clarity
Why choose Aviva Psychology Services?
At Aviva, we bring not only clinical expertise but also deep empathy to this work. Our licensed psychologists have supported individuals and couples through IVF, donor conception, pregnancy loss, medical terminations, and family-building decisions. We understand the layers of grief, identity, and relational stress that come with infertility and difficulty in the family planning journey, and we treat every story with care.
We tailor our approach to your needs. Some people want to process alone. Others want to involve their partner(s). Some want practical coping strategies. Others just want to be heard. However you come in, we meet you there, with support that’s grounded, compassionate, and informed by science.
Our infertility counseling process
Taking the first step can be emotional. We make the process clear and comforting:
Request an Appointment
Once you complete the form, we will reach out. If we have a fitting opening, we schedule a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation to assess fit further together.
Assessment and Planning
The first 2–4 sessions assess your concerns, history, and goals. You and your therapist will discuss fit and establish a treatment plan together.
Ongoing Weekly Sessions
Sessions are held at the same time each week and typically last 55 minutes to work towards meeting your treatment goals.
Imagine having space to feel without apologizing
What if you had a space where you didn’t have to explain yourself or protect other people’s feelings? What if you could say the hard things out loud and be met with care and understanding so it didn’t feel so lonely?
That’s what therapy at Aviva can offer. It's not about changing the outcome, but instead helping you feel more grounded and less consumed as you go through a process and discern next steps. It gives you room to grieve, to hope, to make sense of everything you're holding, and to explore the choice points available to you in a supportive and clarifying environment.
Benefits of infertility counseling
Emotional support
Feel less alone in the grief, confusion, and emotional intensity.
Improved mental health
Manage anxiety, depression, and mood swings related to infertility.
Healing from loss
Process the pain of miscarriage, failed treatments, or unmet expectations.
Without support, infertility can take over everything
The grief, pressure, and waiting to create the family you want can affect your identity, your partnership(s), and your emotional health. You might feel like you’re losing yourself in it all. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
With therapy, you can learn to cope with the uncertainty, the pain, and emotional impacts of your fertility journey. You can hold your grief without letting it define you. You can reconnect with your partner(s) and yourself. You can move through this with support, not silence.
FAQs about infertility counseling
Is infertility counseling only for couples?
No. We work with individuals and couples. You can come alone, with your partner(s), or alternate between both.
Can this help if I’ve experienced pregnancy loss?
Yes. We support clients through miscarriage, failed IVF cycles, medical terminations, late pregnancy loss and still birth, and other forms of loss related to fertility.
Do you support LGBTQIA2S+ clients and non-traditional family paths?
Absolutely. We affirm and welcome all identities, family structures, and fertility journeys. We are uniquivocally supportive of LGBTQIA2S+, BIPOC, and other marginalized communities. Navigating a fertility journey with a marginalized identity brings unique challenges, and we are here to support and help you navigate those.
What if you didn’t have to go through this alone?
You deserve support that sees and holds the whole you, not just your struggle or your decisions. We’re here to help you hold what’s hard and often excruciating and move forward with care.
